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Oregon wildfire updates: Elk Fire holds at 2,000 acres, remains 0% contained

Wildfires are continuing to burn in southern Oregon. Here is the latest update. As of July 10, one lane remained closed on I-5 northbound and one lane is closed on I-5 southbound, due to the Neil ...
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Elk Fire in Klamath County prompts Level 3 ‘Go Now’ evacuations, Conflagration Act declaration

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Elk Fire in Klamath County has prompted Oregon state officials to invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act after Level 3 ‘Go Now’ evacuation levels were issued. This comes ...
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Almost half of Oregon elk population carries advantageous genetic variant against chronic wasting disease, study shows

Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD has now reached ...
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Oregon state troopers set up decoy elk to catch hunters flouting state fish and wildlife laws

CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. — At 8 a.m. on a Friday in late November, troopers from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division parked off Highway 26 in the Clatsop State Forest, among the mountains ...
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Almost half of Oregon elk population carries advantageous genetic variant against CWD, study shows

URBANA, Ill. – Chronic Wasting Disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD ...